Gstreamer based python audio player in no time

I'm learning to develop with Gstreamer_ 0.10 framework, which natively
comes with Python binding, which is rare enough to notice for a project.

So, starting an audio player is quite simple:

- create a player from the GstElement factory
- give your file uri to the player and set it to play
- start a loop (i used gobject here, but it should work 
  with gtk.main() or a while-true loop)

Here is the code:

::

  import pygst
  pygst.require('0.10')
  import gst
  import gobject, sys

  def play_uri(uri):
      " play an uri like file:///home/foo/bar.mp3 "

      mainloop = gobject.MainLoop()
      player = gst.element_factory_make("playbin", "player")
    
      print 'Playing:', uri
      player.set_property('uri', uri)
      player.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)

      mainloop.run()

Ok, this is a start, now i need to:

- get status information
- seek + / -
- play/pause/stop
- manage a playing queue
- manage video playing

So things will be a bit more complicated in a moment ;)

.. _Gstreamer: http://gstreamer.net/